# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=790&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 791 --- ## [Musk vs. Zuckerberg. A cage match at the Coliseum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-vs-zuckerberg-a-cage-match-at-the-coliseum/986365)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-vs-zuckerberg-a-cage-match-at-the-coliseum/986365 "2023-07-05T16:01:32Z")
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are in the process, along with Dana White from UFC, of trying to set up a cage match. The latest is that they’re trying to set it up at the Flavian ampitheater, AKA the Roman coliseum. I… --- ## [Will Trump be jailed within a year of this date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-be-jailed-within-a-year-of-this-date/986391)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-be-jailed-within-a-year-of-this-date/986391 "2023-07-05T15:57:32Z")
I am talking about a real jail and/or prison, not some weak-ass house arrest, folks. poll --- ## [Does Amazon provide drivers with a specific route?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-amazon-provide-drivers-with-a-specific-route/986125)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-amazon-provide-drivers-with-a-specific-route/986125 "2023-07-05T15:25:08Z")
I was wondering how all those packages get delivered in the shortest time. Mail carriers have a specified route they drive every day but it seems an Amazon driver’s work load would be random. Do they have an application … --- ## [If I somehow had a yearly natural body odor scent sample from myself preserved, which one would likely smell the strongest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-somehow-had-a-yearly-natural-body-odor-scent-sample-from-myself-preserved-which-one-would-likely-smell-the-strongest/986416)
**Author:** [@Glassbeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassbeach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-somehow-had-a-yearly-natural-body-odor-scent-sample-from-myself-preserved-which-one-would-likely-smell-the-strongest/986416 "2023-07-05T15:12:24Z")
I’m a guy who turns 31 this year and I know this might seem like a strange thing to ask, but it came to mind yesterday afternoon when I was about to take a shower at work after a long shift and I could actually smell mys… --- ## [What % should I offer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-offer/986557)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-offer/986557 "2023-07-05T15:08:57Z")
So over the years I’ve acquired some stuff\* - and I see adverts for ways to sell it. Now I’ve not done this before, but a friend of mine has. So I was going to ask him to sell it for me. Obviously I pay all expenses (… --- ## [When people say "it was the war that got us out of the depression, not the new deal", aren't they conceding that government spending can work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-people-say-it-was-the-war-that-got-us-out-of-the-depression-not-the-new-deal-arent-they-conceding-that-government-spending-can-work/985677)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-people-say-it-was-the-war-that-got-us-out-of-the-depression-not-the-new-deal-arent-they-conceding-that-government-spending-can-work/985677 "2023-07-05T14:57:57Z")
If a depression is “no one is working because there is no demand and there is no demand because no one is working” then why are many so certain than government spending to get the engine going again is so useless? (i re… --- ## [Help Parsing This Confusing Sentence ("36% of Utility Customers Without Power")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-parsing-this-confusing-sentence-36-of-utility-customers-without-power/986403)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-parsing-this-confusing-sentence-36-of-utility-customers-without-power/986403 "2023-07-05T13:38:06Z")
Springfield, Illinois is cleaning up from severe storms a couple of days ago. This article says that 36% of the city’s utility customers are still without power. What does that mean? Springfield has a population of, let… --- ## [ONtario has lawyers learned in the law for the first time in 40 years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-has-lawyers-learned-in-the-law-for-the-first-time-in-40-years/986384)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-has-lawyers-learned-in-the-law-for-the-first-time-in-40-years/986384 "2023-07-05T13:28:51Z")
The Attorney General of Ontario has announced that the province is going to reinstate the designation of some lawyers as “King’s Counsel”. The government stopped appointing QCs back in the mid-1980s, so Ontario is final… --- ## [Moving walkways in airports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-in-airports/985087)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-in-airports/985087 "2023-07-05T12:45:55Z")
This has bothered me for somewhile, but while traveling last week, it seems like the practice is increasing. I’m talking about standing on the moving walkways in airports. Some airports have addressed this by placing s… --- ## [What terms are suitable to express the takeover of a Vice President in the event of the death of a sitting President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-terms-are-suitable-to-express-the-takeover-of-a-vice-president-in-the-event-of-the-death-of-a-sitting-president/986605)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-terms-are-suitable-to-express-the-takeover-of-a-vice-president-in-the-event-of-the-death-of-a-sitting-president/986605 "2023-07-05T12:07:35Z")
Other than ‘take over as President’ what other words or phrases are appropriate? --- ## [Photo test post, please ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-test-post-please-ignore/986187)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-test-post-please-ignore/986187 "2023-07-05T08:40:55Z")
I’m trying to make sure I’m embedding photos the right way. ETA: It worked, please carry on. --- ## [All Star Game voting preferences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-star-game-voting-preferences/986611)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-star-game-voting-preferences/986611 "2023-07-05T08:21:10Z")
People seem to have different values of who they want to have in the All Star Game. Do you want to see the biggest stars of the game? The players having the best year so far? Do you put a larger consideration for players… --- ## [Peeing in the pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeing-in-the-pool/986079)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeing-in-the-pool/986079 "2023-07-05T07:39:03Z")
Aside from offending my own aesthetic sensibilities am i creating any sort of health problem by peeing in my own pool? It measures 75 feet x 40 feet with an average depth of 5 feet. I estimate the quantity of urine as a… --- ## ['The Crucible' (Marine Boot Camp)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crucible-marine-boot-camp/986518)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crucible-marine-boot-camp/986518 "2023-07-05T03:15:14Z")
Near the end of marine boot camp (at week 10 of 12), recruits have to pass The Crucible. Two quesions please: About what percent of recruits fail it? What happens to failed recruits (do they start back at week one or … --- ## [Friday The 13th The Online Game is going out in style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-the-13th-the-online-game-is-going-out-in-style/986612)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-the-13th-the-online-game-is-going-out-in-style/986612 "2023-07-05T01:13:51Z")
It looks like Gun Media will lose the license at the end of the year, so they have decided to give the players a little gift-they are “going to boost all players to max level, give them all available Legendary Perks, unl… --- ## [Need to ID some literate PBS frogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-some-literate-pbs-frogs/986386)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-some-literate-pbs-frogs/986386 "2023-07-05T01:11:15Z")
I can’t remember the name of the series and it surprisingly isn’t googling up. It is a kid’s show about reading where in the opening credits there are clamation frogs. One frog is hopping around passing out books to othe… --- ## [Others may disagree but the Bent Neck Lady plot twist is one of the best I have ever seen (spoilers for Haunting of Hill House)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/others-may-disagree-but-the-bent-neck-lady-plot-twist-is-one-of-the-best-i-have-ever-seen-spoilers-for-haunting-of-hill-house/986522)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/others-may-disagree-but-the-bent-neck-lady-plot-twist-is-one-of-the-best-i-have-ever-seen-spoilers-for-haunting-of-hill-house/986522 "2023-07-05T00:31:23Z")
HOW DO I DO SPOILERS NOW? To have your own doom haunting you throughout your whole life, following you from place to place, and then maybe being conscious when you become that doom, conscious enough to weep and go mad … --- ## [Do you obsess over relative price differences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-obsess-over-relative-price-differences/984960)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-obsess-over-relative-price-differences/984960 "2023-07-05T00:28:46Z")
I was shopping Amazon yesterday for a fairly large order (a budget of $500) and one thing I wanted was some higher capacity USB flash drives. They had 256 GB Silicon Power drives (which is a real brand, not fake crap) at… --- ## [I can't figure this out on my new Samsung phone (RE: downloaded app icons)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-figure-this-out-on-my-new-samsung-phone-re-downloaded-app-icons/986584)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-figure-this-out-on-my-new-samsung-phone-re-downloaded-app-icons/986584 "2023-07-04T23:30:21Z")
Didn’t really pick this phone for any reason other than my old one met and abrupt end (it had lived a good life, and didn’t suffer). I needed a new one ASAP, and it was the best I could afford (second highest price for m… --- ## [NY Dopers: where to donate pantry items?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-where-to-donate-pantry-items/986387)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-where-to-donate-pantry-items/986387 "2023-07-04T22:51:10Z")
Hi folks, Long story short, I am going to Forest Hills, Queens on Sunday to pack up my recently deceased father’s apartment because the real estate agent apparently thinks it should be shown empty, and my brother (the e… --- ## [Chuck Todd is OUT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034 "2023-07-04T22:40:06Z")
(I assume you all know who Chuck Todd is. He’s been the host of Meet the Press for about a decade.) Yay. I caught the last five minutes of MTP yesterday, and it was about the most defensive, condescending farewell spee… --- ## [What is it? Alien Tape and Pooph](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-alien-tape-and-pooph/986390)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-alien-tape-and-pooph/986390 "2023-07-04T22:18:05Z")
We want to know how does Alien Tape work? What is it made of? And, the Pooph product. What is it made of that claims to be edible yet used to control industrial odors. (This assumes these products are what they claim to … --- ## [June 30, 2023 (that's yesterday) A significant date for me, and Mr VOW, too!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405 "2023-07-04T21:40:12Z")
Yesterday was our wedding anniversary. Next year will be the big, whoop-de-doo anniversary, but that doesn’t detract from this recent milestone. We’ve been married 49 years now. When I say that, or even think that, my … --- ## [NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9998\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2023-07-04T21:42:07Z")
Continuing the discussion from NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) - #10037 by running\_coach. Previous discussions: NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) --- ## [Vitamin D strikes out again (or maybe not)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-d-strikes-out-again-or-maybe-not/962041)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-d-strikes-out-again-or-maybe-not/962041 "2023-07-04T21:37:49Z")
The idea that vitamin D supplementation is a cheap and safe way to avoid infection has gotten considerable attention during the pandemic. A newly published randomized controlled trial found that boosting vitamin D levels… --- ## [Each franchise's Ohtani?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/each-franchises-ohtani/986402)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/each-franchises-ohtani/986402 "2023-07-04T20:59:02Z")
The Angels now have the best Pitcher/Batter combination in Shohei Ohtani, and the Red Sox are IMO second-best with Ruth, but every franchise has had, I think, some player who turned in their best combo of the two roles. … --- ## [Trucks hauling "suicide coils."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trucks-hauling-suicide-coils/833142)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trucks-hauling-suicide-coils/833142 "2023-07-04T20:48:54Z")
I have a friend who’s an OTR trucker. He said he will haul any freight except “suicide coils.” :confused: According to him, “suicide coils” are large coils of steel that are rolled onto (and then secured to) a flatbed … --- ## [Economic results of WWII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-results-of-wwii/986420)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-results-of-wwii/986420 "2023-07-04T19:17:45Z")
The US became an economic power house. England did not fare so well. What of Canada, Australia and New Zealand? --- ## [Is Russia in danger of becoming a "failed State"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-in-danger-of-becoming-a-failed-state/986470)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-in-danger-of-becoming-a-failed-state/986470 "2023-07-04T18:30:29Z")
This NY Times posting describes how, independently of the War, Russia is literally falling apart. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/30/putin-russia-war-modernization/ A 15-year-old Russian boy today has … --- ## [Military novels from the otherside](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-novels-from-the-otherside/986228)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-novels-from-the-otherside/986228 "2023-07-04T17:51:02Z")
I like to read,among other things, military thrillers. You know, Tom Clancy, etc. They are all written where the US are the good guys fighting the evil Russian or Chinese bad guys. Are there any that are opposite? The g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=789&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=791&state=tracking)